Fiction
- The New Animals by Pip Adam
Illustrated non-fiction
- Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds by Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins
Poetry
- Night Horse by Elizabeth Smither
General non-fictionÂ
- Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father by Diana Wichtel
Best first book for fiction
Best first book for poetry
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Fully Clothed and So Forgetful by Hannah Mettner
Best first book for illustrated non-fiction
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Caves: Exploring New Zealand’s Subterranean Wilderness
by Marcus Thomas and Neil Silverwood
Best first book for general non-fiction
- Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father by Diana Wichtel